Bed-corner.



A. ELKINS & M. PERST'EN.

BED CORNER. APPLICATION FILED JAN.14,1914.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

wam com/a ABRAHAM ELKINS AND MYER PERSTEN, 0F BRO OKLYN, NEW YORK.

BED-CORNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

Application filed January 14, 1914. Serial No. 812,071.

To all whom it ma concern."

Be it known that we, ABRAHAM ELKINs and MYER PERSTEN, subjects of Russia, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bed-Corners, of which the following is a specification.

The general object of the invention is to refine the construction of bed frames, whereby the side rails may be arranged to aocommodate either the usual form of flat bed spring or the usual form of box bed as now used in bed construction. this end the invention consists of a bracket adapted to be connected to the upright of the bed and a side rail formed of angle iron adapted to interlock with the bracket, the side rail when arranged in one position adapted to accommodate a flat bed spring and when arranged in another position adapted to accommodate a box bed spring.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of our invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in w ich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a bed frame with the invention applied thereto. Fig.2 is an enlarged detail cross sectional view of one of the bed uprights with its connecting parts shown in plan. Fig. 3 is a detail Herspective view of one of the attaching brackets. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of an end of one of the .side rails.

Referring to the drawings in detail 1 indicates one of the uprights of a bed frame to which is detachably connected by means of a rod 2, a bracket 3 for supporting the side rail 4. These various parts are formed of the usual metal employed in the manufacture of the standard makes of beds and the brackets are so designed and constructed that they may be connected to the uprights at either end of the bed frame,

The bracket is preferably formed of a single piece of metal of the shape shown and the Czar of th staple or keeper 7 is horizontally arranged on one side of the rib 6 and is provided for epurpose of forming one element of an interlocking means by which the bracket may be securely held to the tubular upright. A slotted opening 8 is provided in the upright (see Fig. 2) and through this opening the staple is inserted. arranged within the upright the rod 2 which forms the other elementof the interlocking means, ing of the staple whereby the locking of the bracket to the upright is effected in a rigid and in th angles thereto. These keepers are each pr0- "Vlded wlth vertically arranged slotted openings l2 and 13 open at their upper ends to recelve the locking studs 14 and 15 mounted on the end piece 16 of side rail. These studs form the means for interlocking the side rail to the bracket as shown. arranged strengthening rib 18 is also vided on and this rib him a correspondingly shaped groove end of the the side rail is connected thereto.

The side rail is of the usual angle iron structure and when arranged on the bracket in one posit-ion forms an open ended pocket adapted to accommodate the form of box bed spring as is now sometimes used. When the side rail is desired to be arranged to accommodate the usual form of flat bed spring, it is unlocked from the supporting bracket and turned 180 degrees, whereupon the locking studs will again engage within the keepers on the bracket and the parts will is passed through the open- The rod may be held portion 5 at right A vertically i iw eoo be secured in the position to accommodate with a rib adapted to enter the groove in 10 the flat bed spring, as above referred to. the rail.

What is claimed as new is: In testimony whereof We afiix our signe- Means for connecting a bed mil with an tu'res in presence of two witnesses. upright comprising in combination with a ABRAHAM ELKINS. rail provided at its end With spaced studs MYER PERSTEN. and a groove, a bracket adapted to be con- Witnesses: nected with the upright and having keepers JOHN A. DONEGHY,

vadapted to receive the studs and provided M. E. LAUGHLIN. 

